Assessment of partial-mouth periodontal examination protocols for periodontitis surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate bias associated with nine identified partial-mouth periodontal examination (PMPE) protocols in estimating periodontitis prevalence using the periodontitis case definition given by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and American Academy of Periodontology (CDC/AAP).

Material and methods

Prevalence from full-mouth examination was determined in a sample of 3667 adults ≥30 years old from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2010. Prevalence, absolute bias, relative bias, sensitivity and inflation factor were derived for these protocols according to the CDC/AAP definition and half-reduced CDC/AAP definition as ≤50% of sites were measured.

Results

Bias in moderate and severe periodontitis prevalence ranged betwee

SUBMITTER: Tran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4318801 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature